All those who have to make a hurried travel and a last-minute train booking usually go through the Tatkal channel, where they get berth/seat reservation immediately at a premium. This has been win-win situation for both – the traveller and the Railways – where the traveller is assured a berth while the Railways earns higher revenue. The scheme introduced in late 1997 for a limited number of trains meanwhile got many improvements, including the facility of online booking at the comfort of your home, and eventually covering almost all the trains and all classes.

With the popularity of the scheme going up and an increase in the number of last-minute passengers, it became difficult to get immediate booking, which had been the objective at the start. The pressure on the servers made them booking extremely slow and exasperating, especially at the opening hours, with many passengers getting highly disappointed and frustrated. With the popularity of the scheme going up and an increase in the number of last-minute passengers, it became difficult to get immediate booking, which had been the objective at the start.

The change has been brought in effective 1st June, 2015 keeping in mind the summer-season rush, resultantly raising the booking capacity from the existing 7,200 tickets to more than 14,000 tickets per minute. Dr A K Manocha, Chairman and Managing Director of IRCTC revealed that consequent upon the capacity improvement, the results have started showing with booking of tickets averaging 14,800 tickets per minute.
With the upgradation of the system, booking of tickets online would hopefully get all the more easy and convenient.

Author : Syed Zafar Ahmad

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